Hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk in Syria amid ongoing violence in northeast and northwest

Almost daily violence targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria continues to threaten the lives of civilians there, UN rights experts and humanitarians said on Friday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1050961
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Missile strike kills at least 12 civilians, including children, in Syria’s Idlib: UN humanitarians

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